U23 World League

Keşan Arena
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Oswaldo Xavier took the kick off in the first half of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Oswaldo Xavier in the 4th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Abdi Aktürk saved nRdLiFe from getting behind. In the 13th minute, Mehmet Oğuz Uruk hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to BANDOLEIROS osasco getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Giuseppe Queirós hit a great ball. With his leg Clóvis Sergipano managed to avoid a goal in the 15thth minute, when nRdLiFe's Mürsel Barlas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 24th match minute, BANDOLEIROS osasco was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Leandro Zaga to maneuver through the defense. Clóvis Sergipano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mürsel Barlas, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. After 26 played minutes nRdLiFe got a freekick which was hit by Derviş Tarim. Clóvis Sergipano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ramiz Tuğaltan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd match minute, nRdLiFe was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bahri Tolunay to maneuver through the defense. In the 32nd minute of the match Horácio Pires shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Abdi Aktürk showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, nRdLiFe's Ahmet Danış Yeğin got a free kick in the 40th minute. Horácio Pires recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 41st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 42 minutes into the game, Wágner Hermes was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. BANDOLEIROS osasco's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave nRdLiFe the free kick. After a rather tough play, BANDOLEIROS osasco's Wágner Hermes got a free kick in the 42nd minute. Clóvis Sergipano made an important save on a dangerous shot by Derviş Tarim in the 43rd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Derviş Tarim managed to get in a good position for a shot. nRdLiFe's supporters rose to their feet, but Derviş Tarim was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Clóvis Sergipano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Elder da Mata's late challenge caught a nRdLiFe's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Elder da Mata helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to BANDOLEIROS osasco getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Elder da Mata hit a great ball. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mürsel Barlas to make the kick off. Clóvis Sergipano stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mürsel Barlas's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. BANDOLEIROS osasco's Cido de Brito was substituted for Christiano Hermes. 69 minutes into the match, BANDOLEIROS osasco's goal looked a bit too open when Mürsel Barlas came free, but Clóvis Sergipano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jacinto Goiano hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, BANDOLEIROS osasco's Oswaldo Xavier got a free kick in the 73rd minute. In the 78th minute, Oswaldo Xavier got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Virgílio da Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Abdi Aktürk tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 85 minutes of play, nRdLiFe's Mürsel Barlas made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Clóvis Sergipano was left in no man's land by his defense there! Oswaldo Xavier fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Abdi Aktürk having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. nRdLiFe had won after a very even match.